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Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners

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BETEMP

In this final section, please indicate if you agree or disagree with the following statements by circling a number on the right hand side of the page. The world is full of temptations and immorality that I must avoid

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Neutral/unsure
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	214	32%	32%	-1.05
Agree	267	40%	72%	-.12
Neutral/unsure	102	15.3%	87.3%	.81
Disagree	60	9%	96.3%	1.75
Strongly disagree	25	3.7%	100%	2.68

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	1900-1930	1931-1950	1951-1960	1961-1970	1971-1980	1981-1995	TOTAL
Strongly agree	32.5% 26	25.0% 61	35.8% 62	41.1% 39	33.3% 19	36.8% 7	32.0% 214
Agree	38.8% 31	40.2% 98	37.6% 65	41.1% 39	49.1% 28	31.6% 6	40.0% 267
Neutral/unsure	12.5% 10	19.7% 48	11.6% 20	12.6% 12	14.0% 8	21.1% 4	15.3% 102
Disagree	11.3% 9	11.1% 27	11.0% 19	4.2% 4	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	9.0% 60
Strongly disagree	5.0% 4	4.1% 10	4.0% 7	1.1% 1	1.8% 1	10.5% 2	3.7% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 244	100.0% 173	100.0% 95	100.0% 57	100.0% 19	668

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	30.0% 128	35.4% 84	31.9% 212
Agree	41.7% 178	37.1% 88	40.1% 266
Neutral/unsure	14.8% 63	16.5% 39	15.4% 102
Disagree	9.6% 41	7.6% 18	8.9% 59
Strongly disagree	4.0% 17	3.4% 8	3.8% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 427	100.0% 237	664

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than completing high school	Completed high school	Trade certificate or Associate degere	Bachelors degree	Masters degree/Doctorate degree/graduate degree	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.5% 4	48.0% 59	49.2% 58	27.5% 60	15.7% 29	31.8% 210
Agree	52.9% 9	39.0% 48	33.1% 39	41.7% 91	42.7% 79	40.2% 266
Neutral/unsure	17.6% 3	7.3% 9	11.0% 13	17.4% 38	21.1% 39	15.4% 102
Disagree	0.0% 0	4.1% 5	5.1% 6	8.7% 19	15.1% 28	8.8% 58
Strongly disagree	5.9% 1	1.6% 2	1.7% 2	4.6% 10	5.4% 10	3.8% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 123	100.0% 118	100.0% 218	100.0% 185	661

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Assemblies of God	Episcopal	United Methodist Church	TOTAL
Strongly agree	68.5% 89	14.8% 34	29.5% 91	32.0% 214
Agree	26.9% 35	41.3% 95	44.5% 137	40.0% 267
Neutral/unsure	3.8% 5	21.3% 49	15.6% 48	15.3% 102
Disagree	0.0% 0	16.5% 38	7.1% 22	9.0% 60
Strongly disagree	0.8% 1	6.1% 14	3.2% 10	3.7% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 230	100.0% 308	668

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Once a month or less	Two to three times a month	Usually every week	More than once a week	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.1% 2	16.9% 14	28.9% 124	55.4% 72	31.9% 212
Agree	40.9% 9	39.8% 33	43.6% 187	28.5% 37	40.1% 266
Neutral/unsure	18.2% 4	27.7% 23	15.4% 66	6.9% 9	15.4% 102
Disagree	22.7% 5	13.3% 11	8.9% 38	3.8% 5	8.9% 59
Strongly disagree	9.1% 2	2.4% 2	3.3% 14	5.4% 7	3.8% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 83	100.0% 429	100.0% 130	664

Race (I-RACE)

	Asian or Pacific Islander	Black or African American	Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin	Indian (American) or Alaskan Native	White or Caucasian	Some other race (please specify):	TOTAL
Strongly agree	36.4% 4	42.3% 11	47.1% 8	50.0% 2	30.3% 179	50.0% 5	31.8% 209
Agree	36.4% 4	50.0% 13	41.2% 7	25.0% 1	40.0% 236	30.0% 3	40.1% 264
Neutral/unsure	18.2% 2	3.8% 1	5.9% 1	25.0% 1	16.4% 97	0.0% 0	15.5% 102
Disagree	9.1% 1	3.8% 1	5.9% 1	0.0% 0	9.2% 54	10.0% 1	8.8% 58
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.1% 24	10.0% 1	3.8% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 26	100.0% 17	100.0% 4	100.0% 590	100.0% 10	658